10 Things I’ve Learned about Colombia.
1. All the people in Colombia are very tan and we all stand out.
2. Everyone lines up single-file in Medelliín while waiting to get on the metro.
3. The roads are skinny and 2 large busses can still somehow pass each other without taking out their mirrors.
4. Pastors are not allowed to dance in public.
5. No flushing TP down the toilets.
6. Colombians call young women “sardinas” (sardines) and young men “pollos” (chicken).
7. Medellín has one of the best transportation systems in all of South America.
8. Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world!
9. Even though it is the coffee capital of the world, they still drink a lot of instant coffee…I guess they ship all the other stuff internationally.
10. Winter in Medellín is very mild…like 50’s (minimum) but the people still wear parkas.
Colombia was an amazing 1st country. Leaving was hard but I have been forever blessed by the people, the culture, and our hosts here! Last week we were in Baños, Ecuador doing a debrief with our mentors, enjoying some rest, processing through month 1 and preparing for the ministry to come (as well as have some fun exploring the land!).
I am so grateful for the mentors and ‘squad parents’ we have. They have helped us process, taught us new things and brought more awareness to growth opportunities.
Going into this month in Ecuador, I feel so excited, unprepared and ready all at the same time!
My team is doing ministry at an organization that is centered around helping bring girls out of sex trafficking and abuse. We may work with the women some but the majority of our ministry will be manual labor–building a wall around the property so the girls who are rescued have a safe place to live and recover. Although this may sound like a mundane, ‘not-Kingdom building’ ministry, this wall will be like the hands of God surrounding and protecting the girls who enter it’s borders. As our host told us more about our ministry when we arrived, I began to cry because I know the Lord is going to wreck me by giving me a heart for the women I may never even meet who will enter into these walls to start a new life of freedom.
This is Kingdom work and I can’t wait to be physically, emotionally and spiritually wrecked from the things the Lord is going to do this month!
Please be in prayer for my team as we begin this 2nd month of ministry in Ecuador!
